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H. J. PURPLE.

SHAVING STICK.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 23' 1919.

1,320351. Patented 051;. 28,1919.

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HARRY JIIPURPLE, OF NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO UNITED DRUGCOMPANY, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF MASSACHU- SETTS.

SHAVING-STICK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 28, 1919.

Application filed June 23, 1919. Serial No. 306,240.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HARRY J. PURPLE, acitizen of the United States, and a resident of Newton, county ofMiddlesex, and State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement inshavingsticks, of which the following description, in connection withthe accompanying drawings, is a specification, like characters on thedrawings repre senting like parts.

This invention relates to shaving sticks and like articles which areused in asimilar manner, by rubbing them, and more particularly to thattype of shaving stick wherein the container also serves as a holder bywhich the stick proper or soap bar may be handled. As shaving sticks arethe most generally known articles to which my invention is applicable, Ishall herein refer'particularly to a shaving stick, using thatexpression in an exemplary sense. I

My invention will best be understood by the following description of theillustrative embodiment thereof shown in the accompanying drawingswherein:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the complete package;

Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the cover removed;

Fig. 3 is a side elevation, partly broken away, showing how the lastportion of the soap bar may be used; and

Fig. at is a plan view of the soap bar removed. 7

In accordance with my invention I provide a soap bar 5 which may be ofcylindrical form, that is, of uni-form section throughout its length.Usually itwill be cylindrical in the narrower sense of that word meaninga right circular cylinder. The stick is here shown as inclosed in a caseor package of metalwhich may embody the bottom or handle portion 7 andthe cover portion 9, which conveniently are ofcounterpart form forreasons hereinafter stated.

To support the soap bar 5 in the handle portion 7 the former is providedwith a ring 11 conveniently in the form of a bendable band which may bewound around the stick between its ends, as shown in Fig. 4:, forming abroken ring encircling the same. This ring may be provided with suitablemeans for interlocking with the stick and I have herein shown struck-upprongs 13. The

ring 11 is conveniently positioned centrally as indicated in Fig. 2.

The main portion of the hollow handle 7 may be of substantially the samesize as the stick 5 and the outer end may be belled to provide theannular seat 15 (Fig. 3) receiving the ring 11, from which seat risesthe cylindrical flange 17 embracing the broken ring and holding it inits encircling gripping relation about the soap bar 5. Suitablecooperating catch means 19 may be provided on the flange and the ring.The cover portion 9 may be of substantially similar construction, thebell portion providing a like cup-like enlargement receiving the outerend of the ring or band 11, the two portions 7 and 9 forming a completeinclosing casing for the soap bar.

. When the shaving stick is first used, it will have, when the cover-9is removed, the appearance shown in Fig. 2 and the upper end portion ofthe bar 5 may be used until worn away. It will be noted that the handleportion 7 is of considerable length which permits the hand firmly tograsp the same, the bottom resting against the palm while the fingershold the metal of the container instead of the possibly wet soap itself.After the upwardly projecting half of the bar is worn away, it may bereversed bodily, the opposite end of the band 11 then resting on theseat 15 of the part 7. If desired, however, the stick may be removed andthe band 11 unbent and clamped around the stick lower down. This may bedone as a final economy permitting the utilization of the stickpractically to the end, as indicated in Fig. 3 wherein it may besupposed that the stick has been used in its initial and in its reversedposition until two small stumps were left on either side of the band 11.The band was then unbent and clamped about the remaining small portionof the stick flush with one end thereof, thus providing a projecting endof considerable extent, as indicated in the figure, ready for use.

It is of some importance that the form of my invention here shownpermits the use of a stick of uniform cross section and not speciallyformed in any way, as this is a desirable initial simplification andpermits as well the shifting of the stick in the holding ring, asdescribed.

The various parts may be very simply manufactured, without anycomparatively be done by an entirely unskilled person andthe user maybuy additional soap bars and use them with his old holder by simplyunbending the flexible band 11 and wrapping it about the bar in themanner indicated in Fig. 4:. The belled end of the holder will hold thebar in place and provides a firm support for the same preventing unduewa'bbling of the stick in use.

I am aware that it has been proposed to provide a shaving stick withcounterpart box portions one of which would serve as a handle in whichthe stick could be reversibly mounted, and I therefore do not claim thatidea broadly. The principles which are exemplified by the form of myinvention here illustrated and which I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent, I shall express in the following claims.

I claim 1. A shaving stick comprising a cylindrical soap bar, anencircling band about the same between the ends thereof, and.complementary container parts having enlarged open ends providingcup-shaped seats for the band.

2. A shaving stick comprising a cylindrical soap bar, a bendable bandencircling the same and having portions to interlock the bar and ahollow handle portion having an open end flanged toprovidea cup-likeenlargen'ient receiving said band.

3. A shaving stick comprising a cylindrical soap bar, a band wound aboutthe same having projections interlocking with the bar and a handleportion having an annular seat receiving the band provided with a flangeembracing the same.

i. A shaving stick comprising a soap bar having a ring around the samebetween its ends and a hollow handle portion having an open end boiledto provide a seat closely receiving said rin 5. A shaving stickcomprising a soap bar, a broken ring having projections entering the barand a hollow handle portion having an annular seat receiving the ringprovided with a flange surrounding the same and holding it in grippingrelation to the bar.

6. A shaving stick comprising a cylindrical soap bar, a band wound aboutthe same having projections interlocking with the bar and a handleportion having an open end receiving the band and having meansinterlocking therewith to support the same.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification.

HARRY J. PURPLE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. O."

